שָׁקַף
šāqap
overhang
Strong's H8259VerbHebrewTWOT 2457

שָׁקַף (šāqap) is a Hebrew verb meaning overhang. It appears 22 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8259).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2457)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2457)overhang, look out, down; lean over, look down; lean out, peep, gaze, be a spectacle; appear, look
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁקַף verb: overhang, look out, down

Strong's H8259 שָׁקַף: properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)
KJV:appear, look (down, forth, out).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 18:16Numbers 21:20Deuteronomy 26:15

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